Directed by Ingmar Bergman, famous for his close up shots without movement of any kind to magnify the intensity the character’s emotions, as well as the famous double face shot of two characters looking in opposite directions and never meeting each others POV unable to communicate or understand each other.

This is all heavy stuff and with so many people inspired through the ages, and in various art forms, I decided to get to the crux of the matter.

Glass darkly is a term coined for a mirror.

Mirrors have been around in one form or another for ages. Long ago people used a metal base like bronze to see their reflection and had to polish the metal vigilantly. Later forms were layered with glass tiles on top, but still the image was dark, thus glass darkly. Learn more about the history of mirrors here: The History of Mirror: Through A Glass, Darkly

The term was even referenced in the Bible, yes that long ago . . .

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now stays faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

(1 Corinthians 13: 12-13)

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A slow and painful disintegration of a family vacationing at a summer home on the island of Fårö trying to cope with the deteriorating mental state of the family’s eldest daughter Karin who has suffered a nervous breakdown.

I was happy to discover Agatha Christie’s short story too, and also find Carmilla and other short stories by J.T. Sheridan Le Fanu – I plan on reading his work this weekend; he seems to be the authentic Gothic writer.

It was inspiring to read about how the screenplay was filmed – the focus on the character. Some writers concentrate on plot and others on the character development, but no one speaks about capturing ‘that moment’ and the intense pivot to the character at a moment via in our writing. In literary works some have tried but for the most part, I think we tend to keep things moving, so maybe this is a technique best left for the big screen. We can play and try it out 🙂